We finally moved into the RV

Published in September 29th, 2008

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!We have finally moved into the RV. I will return to regular blogging hopefully sometime next week when I get around to installing net access (I’m writing this from the library parking lot ). If I get some [...]

Manifesto

Published in September 26th, 2008

Posted by Jacob in Personal, Philosophy

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In a home I need walls, roof, windows, and a door that can be opened and closed. I also need a place to cook, a place to eat, a place to sleep, a place for a guest, and a place to write. More space is not better. More space means a bigger house. A bigger [...]

On dealing with flakes on craigslist and freecycle

Published in September 25th, 2008

Posted by Jacob in How to

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One thing about craigslist and freecycle which can be quite frustrating is that about half the people are (consistently) flaky! Come on! If someone goes through the trouble of listing something for free and putting it in a bag for you to pick up and you say you want it, the least you can do, [...]

Credit crunch 101

Published in September 24th, 2008

Posted by Jacob in Finance

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After about one year in the making, the current credit crisis has finally reached a point where people are starting to ask questions like “should I sell my stocks now”, “what does these banking failures mean to me”, and “does this handbag make me look fat”. Thus financial questions outweigh random matters of concern by [...]

Moving day 2

Published in September 23rd, 2008

Posted by Jacob in Personal

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We just sold the couch/loveseat and took a $200 hit on it. That is to say, we paid $300 new (reduced from $600 as if that means anything at all in a furniture store) and had it for, I think, no more than 3 years, so that is close to $100/year. Ouch!
This leaves us with [...]

Is being process-oriented better than being goal-oriented?

Published in September 22nd, 2008

Posted by Jacob in Personal, Philosophy

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After several years of resisting, I have come to the conclusion that sport can teach us about life at least as well as any philosophy class. More if we use it to grow rather than solely focus on winning. Sport then becomes process-oriented rather than goal-oriented. When something is goal oriented, the end is more [...]

Moving day 1

Published in September 20th, 2008

Posted by Jacob in Personal

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Yesterday, I went to our RV space for the first time (DW has been there before). There is a 30A electrical outlet, three water faucets, and a sewer connection. More importantly, there is also a shed. Taking advantage of my highly scientific training, I used the theory of multiplication to calculate that the shed holds [...]

Day trading these days is a hairy business

Published in September 19th, 2008

Posted by Jacob in Finance, Personal

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Today is witching day (options expire every third Friday of the month), so I have been busy this morning covering a short option position on Wells Fargo at $37.5. I definitely had not anticipated that this stock would shoot up 20% over two days. Yet in these days of socialized capitalism (as far as I [...]

A bunch of interesting links

Published in September 18th, 2008

Posted by Jacob in announcements

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First, my favorite topic: me . There is a nice summary of our RV lifestyle plans over at MSN Moneycentral smart spending blog. Since news outlets tend to echo each other, the I also saw links to the post on some of the RV sites. My reputation has started preceding me. Not a good [...]

How to pick a commuter bike

Published in September 17th, 2008

Posted by Jacob in Transportation

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From the mailbag (actually from the comments on a post):
Jacob Can you tell me what kind of bike you own/price range? I am shoppng for a bike which I hope to use for errands and at least 3 days/ week to work. I’m 45 female and in fair/good physical condition The dealers i spoke to [...]

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